The EU Enlargement and Gay Politics: The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Rights, Activism and PrejudiceKoen Slootmaeckers, Heleen Touquet, Peter Vermeersch Springer, 2016 M06 23 - 238 pages This book offers a well-investigated and accessible picture of the current situation around the politics of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) rights and activism in Central Europe and the Western Balkans in the context of the enlargement of the European Union (EU). It provides not only thoughtful reflections on the topic but also a wealth of new empirical findings — arising from legal and policy analysis, large-scale sociological investigations and country case studies. Theoretical concepts come from institutional analysis, the study of social movements, law, and Europeanization literature. The authors discuss emerging Europe-wide activism for LGBT rights and analyze issues such as the tendency of nationalist movements to turn ‘sexual others’ into ‘national others,’ the actions and rhetoric of church actors as powerful counter-mobilizers against LGBT rights, and the role of the domestic state on the receiving end of EU pressure in the field of fundamental rights.
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... human rights, comparative constitutional law, law and society. He is an author of a monograph on freedom of speech (Routledge, 2013). Currently he is co-editing a book on memory laws and conducting research for the ACCESS-Europe project ...
... human rights studies, and a Master's degree in political science from Lund University, Sweden. His area of study was EU Affairs, and his theses covered the subjects of LGBTI rights during and after the EU accession process. He has ...
... rights movements in the region. He has been an Academy Scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs ... Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Before joining ILGA-Europe, she worked at ...
... rights working group of Liberal International. Björn holds a degree in communications from the Inholland University ... human rights, international law, and peace and conflict studies. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of ...
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